Adventure awaits.....

Well its time to fill you in on our next adventure.

As of May 7th, 2010 - GT was out of the car business. Its a VeRy long story filled with lOtS of details, 

so I will spare you for now. 

But I will tell you that it was such a hUGe weight off GT's shoulders and 

yet heartbreaking to say goodbye, all at the same time.

SO....now what?

I'm so glad you asked! We are selling everything in our house and moving to Mexico!!!

For rEaLS!!

{ Walking by Faith }

This weekend GT and I took Tyler to a boarding school in Missouri.

This has been the most challenging decision by far we have had to make as parents. But by the grace of God, we followed through. God showed us the way, and we followed.

We are not sure how we are going to pay for the tuition, because it is steep! But

if God wanted him there, who are we to argue because of money.

We would welcome anyone who feels led to ~ to sponsor Tyler for the next year.

If you can help out with $25, $75 or even more a month, we would be very grateful!

We are filled with peace, but our hearts ache

Tribute to Luna Belle.....

Today Heaven became a happier place today, because our little Luna Belle went home. She was hit by a car this afternoon after the kids came home from school.  She was such a joy to all of us. Its amazing how much an animal can make their way into your heart. I had no idea I would react this way to a dog, but I have cried for hours.

Projects

So I have been procrastinating my kids pictures for almost 2 years. 

And I figured a really great motivation would be if I had to walk past empty frames everyday.

So yesterday I removed the 2 yr old pictures, and put them into the frame I had bought a

 LONG time ago. 

This is what I will be walking past everyday........

And this is the frame I dolled up a bit. Actually it is an old window. I added the newsprint,

and a little bit of sanding, and just a bit more of ink around the edges,

and then some lettering.

The lettering reads,

RASBANDS...     the SWEET life

And the finished product hangs above GT's office door.

I just LOVE a quick and easy project!!!

Happy Birthday to ME!

So my kids made me a chocolate cake for my Birthday. And today while no one was watching, Austin LICKED all the icing off!!

When we found the cake frosting free, I asked him where the icing went he said......

it just disappeared!

Very funny..

Unconditional Love

One of the many reason I love my dogs is because they teach me what

Unconditional Love means.

Love that is not tied to what I do or don't do for them.

Just a pure and total devotion.

Its very easy to tell someone you love them after they have done something

wonderful or unexpected, but how easy is it to tell the same person you love them just after they have hurt you very deeply. Not so easy anymore.

REAL Unconditional love has NOTHING to do with the person and everything to do with YOU.

Loving someone unconditionally means you choose to love them

EVEN when they do not deserve your love, and even when you do not FEEL like loving them.

So my personal opinion on dogs is.....

{God gives us dogs and cats to teach us what His love is like. Pure, Unconditional, Everlasting,and NEVER dependent on what we do or do not do}

So here is a day in the life of my dogs............

{sitting under my desk while I work}

{sitting under the kitchen table while I have coffee}

{watching a movie with the kids}

{waiting for me to get out of the shower}

After Christmas Project..

So the day after Christmas we left to Arizona for Grandpa Biel's funeral. And while we were there we made a stop at my favorite store......Anthropology!

Sabrina found these adorable hair clips and wanted me to buy her one.

But I thought $18 was a bit steep.

(these are from Anthro)

So I told her we could take a picture and I would help her make some when we got home. So yesterday, she and Sami and I made 6 hair clips.

This was the first one, and after it was done Sami asked me if I had bought it from Anthro.

This one was all Sami...

This was a fun project with my girls. Feel free to copy, we did!